The saddest metal song ever (1978) - music, lyrics, performance. It's about suicide and right to choose whether to live or die (if you feel you don't fit in). It's a controversial viewpoint but the song is a masterpiece.

Halford wrote the lyrics and dedicated the song to "Anita Bryant and all those schmucks" (she was on a major anti-gay campaign in 1977). I wonder if Halfie wanted to kill himself because he was gay. The character in the song was saved once but he will try again."He had enoughHe couldn't take anymoreHe'd found a placeIn his mind and slammed the doorNo matter how they triedThey couldn't understand...This is my life, this is my lifeI'll decide not youKeep the world with all its sinIt's not fit for livin' inYeah! I will start againIt can take forever, and ever, and everAnd ever, but I'll still win." - Metal_Treasure

3Cemetery Gates - Pantera

The heaviest sad song of all time by far. Dimebag's riffs can be sad and angry, amazing. - ryanrimmel

Hollow by pantera is pretty good, so is their cover of Black Sabbath's planet caravan

This song shows emotions! Which is what a song needs to be great,and great this song is!

so a sad

5In This River - Black Label Society

An amazing tribute to Dimebag Darrell from Zakk Wylde. "In This River all shall fade to black, In This River ain't no coming back". - ryanrimmel

6Dreamer - Ozzy Osbourne

I'm just a dreamer, I dream my life away... One of Ozzy's softer sounds, and one of his best songs. - ryanrimmel

7Voice of the Soul - Death

It isn't easy to make an instrumental song and have it sound sad like this. Chuck Schuldiner was one of the best musicians of heavy metal, although he is remembered more for being the first death metal vocalist. - ryanrimmel

One of my favorite metal instrumental pieces (I added Black Star by Yngwie and Anybody There? by Rainbow - they also induce a similar feeling of being existentially lonely). - Metal_Treasure

For me, "Voice of the Soul" is the best instrumental song ever and one of the best sad songs. When I first listened to it, I fell in love with the song. It's pure beauty.

You can hear the emotion in Matt's voice as he copes with the loss of his brother.

Not a Metal song, not a Metal band.Why is this here?! - Manniballector666

A7x is #1 modern hardrock band M Shadow vocal is tooo catchy n StrongLyrics are masterpiece. Guitar parts are Hammers...THE WHOLE COMPELETE BAND IN ALL PARTS

A7X DESERVE TO BE #1Like father Like Son

9Changes - Black Sabbath

This Sabbath song is one of the best ballads ever. How many Sabbath songs have a piano and no drums in the song? - ryanrimmel

This shouldn't be on here because it's not a metal song. It doesn't have any heavy guitars in it.

10Fiddler on the Green - Demons & Wizards

This amazing ballad in based on real life events: the singer & lyricist saw two car accidents in one week (same place! ) and two kids were killed - a boy and a girl.

In the song this story goes like that: Death took the life of the boy by mistake and to make up for it, the reaper also took the life of the girl, who his soulmate would have been in life. The reaper talks to the girl: "Would you mind if take you? "...

I love this song but it's not sad enough for the top 10. There are songs dealing with more cruel life events and should be higher than this song. But outside the context of this list - yes, Iced Earth is underrated. - Metal_Treasure